ROD is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for ROD in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "ROD" answer was first appeared in "19 Jan 1994" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Fishing gear". It was authored by Stanley Newman. Recently, the "ROD" answer has been used for "15 Nov 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Reel attachment". It was authored by Gary Larson. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hint: "Staff (7)". "ROD" appeared 139 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "ROD" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Nov 2023 | 1D | Reel attachment | Gary Larson |
| 5 Nov 2023 | 26A | Bone insert following an accident | Rich Katz |
| 18 Oct 2023 | 16A | Foosball apparatus | Joseph Gangi |
| 28 Jun 2023 | 26D | Apt name for an angler | Matt Fuchs and Victor Sloan |
| 30 Jan 2023 | 43A | Curtain hanger | David Steinberg |
| 20 Jan 2023 | 42A | Word with tie or fly | Robert S. Greenfield |
| 17 Jun 2022 | 43A | Shaft | Pao Roy |
| 23 Apr 2022 | 27A | Word with hot or fly | Matthew Stock |
| 15 Mar 2022 | 27D | Word after hot or lightning | Michael Lieberman |
| 7 Nov 2021 | 88D | Authority, metaphorically | Sid Sivakumar |
| 5 Nov 2021 | 4D | What something bacillary is shaped like | Joseph Greenbaum |
| 1 Nov 2021 | 12D | Support for a shower curtain | Fiona Taylor |
| 10 Jul 2021 | 28D | Staff | Trenton Charlson |
| 26 May 2021 | 23A | Bacillus shape | Will Nediger |
| 25 May 2021 | 23A | Word with fishing or lightning | Kristian House and Mike Dockins |
| 29 Apr 2021 | 22A | Erector Set piece | Adam Wagner |
| 8 Nov 2020 | 100A | Retinal receptor | Evan Kalish and Caitlin Reid |
| 31 Aug 2020 | 6D | Towel holder | Anne Marie Crinnion |
| 25 Jul 2020 | 6D | Bit of lakeside equipment | Royce Ferguson |
| 23 Dec 2019 | 16D | Cone’s retinal counterpart | Timothy Polin |
| 7 Oct 2019 | 19A | Bathroom towel support | Keiran King |
| 29 Mar 2019 | 48A | Selfie stick, e.g. | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 18 Feb 2019 | 46D | Item of fishing gear | Leslie Rogers and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 30 Sep 2018 | 51A | Fishing tool | Natan Last |
| 2 Sep 2018 | 43A | Hot ___ | Tom McCoy |
| 14 Aug 2018 | 17A | Stick connected to a reel | Andy Kravis and Erik Agard |
| 26 Jun 2018 | 69A | Word with curtain or hot | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 20 May 2018 | 60A | Casting need | Will Nediger |
| 11 Mar 2018 | 58A | It may hold the line | Matthew Sewell |
| 15 Dec 2017 | 25A | Dowel, e.g. | Jacob Stulberg |
| 8 Oct 2017 | 41A | Staff | Erik Agard and Alex Briñas |
| 1 Sep 2017 | 51D | Clothes closet fixture | Patrick Berry |
| 25 Aug 2017 | 42A | Angling tool | Sam Trabucco |
| 25 Dec 2016 | 39D | Metaphor for punishment | Kevin G. Der |
| 19 Oct 2016 | 26D | Implement for an angler | Tom Pepper |
| 16 Mar 2016 | 38D | Reel holder | David J. Kahn |
| 7 Jan 2016 | 29D | Staff | Andrew J. Ries |
| 6 Jan 2016 | 35D | Discipline, figuratively | Jules P. Markey |
| 2 Jul 2015 | 37A | Part of a fasces | Timothy Polin |
| 30 Jun 2015 | 9D | Fishing shop purchase | Susan Gelfand |
| 26 Jan 2015 | 57D | Curtain hanger | Ian Livengood |
| 4 Sep 2014 | 19A | Hot ___ | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| 21 Jul 2014 | 39D | Fishing stick | Matt Fuchs |
| 27 Mar 2014 | 37D | Gun, in slang | Jean O’Conor |
| 8 Oct 2013 | 24D | Curtain holder | Tim Croce |
| 28 Aug 2013 | 37D | Surveyor’s unit | Erik Agard |
| 17 Jul 2013 | 33A | Valance holder | Robyn Weintraub |
| 24 May 2013 | 23A | Place to hang something | Joe Krozel |
| 21 Apr 2013 | 114A | Part of a reactor | Jonah Kagan |
| 2 Mar 2013 | 9D | Bygone means of corporal punishment | Barry C. Silk |
| 15 Jan 2013 | 37A | Serling or Steiger | Peter A. Collins |
| 16 Dec 2012 | 62A | Lightning ___ | Matt Ginsberg |
| 14 Sep 2012 | 46A | One holding the line | Peter A. Collins |
| 7 Feb 2012 | 20A | Part of a nuclear reactor | Mike Buckley |
| 4 Jan 2012 | 58D | 62-Across, e.g. | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 7 Nov 2011 | 36A | Gangster’s gun | David Steinberg |
| 29 Oct 2011 | 58A | It holds the line | Barry C. Silk |
| 9 Oct 2011 | 60A | Eye part | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 5 Apr 2011 | 46A | Angler’s need | E. J. Masicampo |
| 27 Feb 2011 | 93A | Good name for a surveyor? | Peter A. Collins |
| 15 Nov 2010 | 18A | Fishing pole | Emily L. Lilly |
| 30 Aug 2010 | 54A | Tennis legend Laver | Richard Chisholm |
| 19 May 2010 | 54A | Staff’s partner | Robert A. Doll |
| 8 Dec 2009 | 64A | TV writer/host Serling | Joe Krozel |
| 21 Jul 2009 | 12D | Reel’s partner | Donna S. Levin |
| 17 Jun 2009 | 66D | Axle, e.g. | Peter A. Collins and Joe Krozel |
| 27 Apr 2009 | 13D | Fishing pole | Joe Krozel |
| 18 Nov 2008 | 58A | Engine part | Richard Chisholm |
| 1 Nov 2008 | 6A | Gun-cleaning aid | Donald K. Willing |
| 1 Sep 2008 | 51A | Fishing stick | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 26 Nov 2007 | 41A | Fishing pole | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| 12 Sep 2007 | 30D | Retinal cell | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 26 Aug 2007 | 55D | Reactor part | Andrew M. Greene and Craig Kasper |
| 8 Jul 2007 | 27A | Dowel | Elayne Cantor and Nancy Salomon |
| 10 Mar 2007 | 33D | Retinal cell | Patrick Berry |
| 17 Sep 2006 | 14D | Casting need | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 29 Aug 2006 | 56D | Engine part | David Pringle |
| 22 Jun 2006 | 62D | See 43-Across | Christina Houlihan Kelly |
| 18 May 2006 | 52A | Staff | Peter A. Collins |
| 26 Mar 2006 | 24D | Pistol, slangily | Patrick Berry |
| 11 Dec 2005 | 116D | Old-fashioned punishment | Ben Tausig |
| 31 Oct 2005 | 34D | Reel’s partner | Jim Hyres |
| 15 Aug 2005 | 30A | Curtain holder | Lynn Lempel |
| 15 Jun 2005 | 23A | 16 1/2 feet | Richard Silvestri |
| 20 Feb 2005 | 67A | Engine part | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 6 Sep 2004 | 56D | Wand | Michael Shteyman |
| 19 May 2003 | 53A | Dowsing need | Trip Payne |
| 17 May 2003 | 21D | Symbol of punishment | Bob Peoples |
| 15 May 2003 | 55D | Towel holder | David J. Kahn |
| 15 Apr 2003 | 50A | Bacillus shape | Adam G. Perl |
| 31 Mar 2003 | 20A | “Spare the ___, spoil …” | Patrick Merrell |
| 2 Mar 2003 | 38D | Towel site | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 26 Feb 2003 | 38A | Punishment, metaphorically | Greg Staples |
| 31 Dec 2002 | 40D | Serling of “The Twilight Zone” | Gene Newman |
| 2 Oct 2002 | 41A | ANGLER’S BUY | Eric Berlin |
| 28 Jul 2002 | 32D | Engine part | Nelson Hardy |
| 7 May 2002 | 26A | Curtain holder | Steven Dorfman |
| 5 May 2002 | 40A | Towel holder | Patrick Berry |
| 14 Apr 2002 | 35D | Curtain holder | David J. Kahn |
| 21 Jun 2001 | 24A | Salmonella’s shape | Peter Abide |
| 5 Mar 2001 | 39A | Fishing pole | Sherry O. Blackard |
| 25 Feb 2001 | 49D | Staff associate? | Greg Staples |
| 3 Dec 2000 | 42D | Reel’s partner | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 24 Oct 2000 | 39A | Curtain holder | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 1 Oct 2000 | 55D | Heater | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| 13 Jun 2000 | 33D | Pistol, slangily | Peter Gordon |
| 12 Dec 1999 | 82A | Staff associate? | Richard Silvestri |
| 8 Dec 1999 | 47A | Poet McKuen | Fred Piscop |
| 20 Oct 1999 | 32D | Fishing need | Richard Silvestri |
| 25 Dec 1998 | 57A | Dipstick, e.g. | Ed Pegg Jr. |
| 22 Oct 1998 | 63D | Fishing aid | Chuck Deodene |
| 19 Oct 1998 | 24D | 16 1/2 feet | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| 24 May 1998 | 58A | Authority, metaphorically | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| 9 May 1998 | 40A | It may be spared | Rich Norris |
| 29 Mar 1998 | 30D | Line carrier | Robert H. Wolfe |
| 14 Nov 1997 | 43A | Casting requirement? | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 8 Nov 1997 | 38A | Scepter | Jim Page |
| 28 Aug 1997 | 30A | Roscoe | Shannon Burns |
| 22 Jul 1997 | 43D | Engine part | Fred Piscop |
| 18 Jun 1997 | 24A | Farm distance | Stanley B. Whitten |
| 15 Jun 1997 | 105A | Staff | Karen Hodge |
| 24 May 1997 | 4D | Punishment, with “the” | Rich Norris |
| 13 Mar 1997 | 56D | Bacillus shape | Matt Gaffney |
| 12 Mar 1997 | 24A | Reactor part | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 30 Aug 1996 | 39D | Heater | A. J. Santora |
| 22 Apr 1996 | 22D | Reel’s companion | S. B. Whitten |
| 12 Mar 1996 | 42A | Corporal punishment, with “the” | R. J. Hartman |
| 16 Dec 1995 | 27D | Heater | Bryant White |
| 20 Nov 1995 | 49A | Symbol of punishment | Sidney L. Robbins |
| 4 Oct 1995 | 57A | Symbol of school punishment | Wayne Robert Williams |
| 10 Apr 1995 | 47A | Serling of “The Twilight Zone” | Sidney L. Robbins |
| 18 Jan 1995 | 25D | Five-and-a-half yards | Wayne Robert Williams |
| 8 Jan 1995 | 108A | Punishment metaphorically | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| 11 Dec 1994 | 33A | Hood’s heater | Wayne Robert Williams |
| 12 Nov 1994 | 9D | Staff | Bryant White |
| 31 Jul 1994 | 70D | Staff associate | Richard Silvestri |
| 22 May 1994 | 65A | Towel’s place | Randolph Ross |
| 23 Mar 1994 | 43D | Staff | Cathy Millhauser |
| 19 Jan 1994 | 27A | Fishing gear | Stanley Newman |
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